Conclusion

Ratings (out of 5)

Design

4

Features

4

Ease-of-Use

4.5

Image Quality

4.5

Value for Money

5

First up, a confession. I was a little disappointed in the
Fujifilm Finepix F20ís big brother, the F30; most of it largely
due to the hype preceding it meaning results fell short of
(great) expectations. Not expecting so much from the lesser-specified
F20, I was presently surprised. In not placing so many demands
on performance, chiefly not unduly overstretching itself (and
its SR chip) as regards ISO, Fujifilm has delivered a minor
triumph. Though of course you're going to lose detail shooting
above ISO 800, I was also surprised how much was retained.
Any unusable images were due more to camera shake, and resultant
image blur, than image noise, which is perhaps one area that
Fujifilm has yet to adequately address. Though ISO 2000 is
less of a headline grabber than the F30ís ISO 3200, I think
the Fujifilm Finepix F20 is a better camera for it. To sum
up, a recommendation and certainly one of the most successful
marriages of price to performance I've seen in recent months.
It's well built, feels sturdy enough to withstand a few knocks
and suggests itself as another reliable option for a back
up point-and-shoot camera on those occasions when taking a
consumer-level DSLR out is both impractical and inadvisable.

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